''San Diego Daily Transcript - May 5, 1994

The Local Scene

Having rented a steamroller for the occasion, Norris Communications will unveil for retailers its Flashback voice recorder at the June 23 Consumer Electronic Show in Chicago. The Flashback records on a microchip and contains to moving parts. To build interest, three trade magazines have publicized Norris' offer to give a Flashback to the first 50 people who stop by its booth and hand over their microcassette recorders. The Poway company will then take the 50 machines and, while cameras roll, crush them with a steamroller.''

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